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at the theatre organ
Dance melodies of yestefday and today
Reginald Porter-Brown , who has given so many broadcasts from the Forum Cinema, Southampton, is also a church organist and has given ricitals in concert halls and churches throughout the country. He has broadcast on four other organs : that in the Regal, Torquay, the BBC Theatre Organ, a private organ in Somerset, and the church organ in St. Marychurch Parish Church, Torquay.

An international club for men and officers of the Merchant Navy, open for them once a week in London's West End.
Dancing, singing, and the music of Debroy Somers and his Band, with the coloured singer, Uriel Porter. Chief Stewardess Doris Hare is hostess. Today's guests, fifty officers and men of the Merchant Navy, are entertained by the principals and chorus of a West-End show. Special Merchant Navy features, include ' Ships' Newspapers ', and ' Hello, Shipmates '— snap interviews with M.N. guests. Presented by Howard Thomas. (Specially recorded)

and his Sextet, with Mervyn Saunders
Charles Ernesco was a violin pupil of Max Mossel at the Guildhall School of Music. His first engagement of importance was as a deputy with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Leeds Festival in 192S. In the following year he played at the International Season at Covent Garden and was in every season till 1932. Since then he has been a free-lance musician, working with such artists as Van Phillips , Ben Frankel , Eugene Pini , Ray Noble , and Leslie Bridgewater. His sextet has been regularly on the air since 1934.

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